Beattie commits $80m to Coast desalination plant ...

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19 July 2006

Premier Peter Beattie today announced a further $80 million to help south-east Queensland in the fight against drought and climate change, with the funding to help bring forward "early works" on the proposed new desalination plant at Tugun on the Gold Coast.

He says the funding is contingent on the Gold Coast City Council contributing a further $20 million to the plant, which could potentially deliver an additional 125 megalitres of water a day to the south east.

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